During the live broadcast of the breakfast show he co-hosts, Morgan also criticised his friend Donald Trump for saying it 'wasn't a guns situation' but instead blamed it on a 'mental health problem at the highest level'.

Mr Trump's former press secretary Sean Spicer also appeared on the show, Good Morning Britain, and agreed with the president that the mass shooting was 'not a guns issue'.

At least 26 people, ranging in age from five to 72, were killed by former Bible study teacher Devin Kelley, 26, at the First Baptist Church in Sutherland Springs on Sunday.

Kelley was discharged from the Air Force for allegedly assaulting his wife and child, according to an Air Force spokeswoman.